Abstract

Background: Compared with general population mortality rates are 10-20 times higher among patients with endstage renal disease, with 50% of this excess burden being attributable to cardiovascular disease. This excess risk is notentirely explained by elevation of traditional risk factors. Elevation of several Non-traditional risk factors associatedwith an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in CKD and haemodialysis dependent patients.Methods: It was a case control study which included total 96 subjects, 48 were non-dialysis CKD patients, 22Heamodialysis dependent patients and 26 healthy controls. Non-traditional risk factors homocysteine, fibrinogen,CRP, factor VII activity and haemoglobin estimated and compared with normal control population.Results: The study revealed that homocysteine , fibrinogen , CRP, factor VII significantly increased and haemoglobinwas significantly low in both non-dialysis CKD and haemodialysis dependent patients in comparison to control group.Mean homocysteine 15.38, 27.30, 23.76 μmol/L in control, non-dialysis CKD and haemodialysis dependent patientrespectively. Fibrinogen in control , non-dialysis CKD and haemodialysis dependent patient were 180.25 , 264.10 ,259.59 mg/dl respectively. CRP level in control, non-dialysis CKD and haemodialysis dependent patient were 3.90,52.59, 17.31 mg/L respectively. Factor VII activity in control was 94.18%, whereas in non-dialysis CKD it was103.97%, and 106.18 % in haemodialysis dependent patient. haemoglobin was 13.85 gm/dl in control , but in nondialysisCKD it was 8.08 gm/dl, and in haemodialysis dependent patients 9.46 gm/dl .cardiovascular disease in nondialysisCKD 54.56% and haemodialysis dependent patients 59.4%Conclusion: Haemoglobin is low and levels of homocysteine, fibrinogen, CRP, factor-VII activity are increasedamong the patients with CKD and haemodialysis dependent patients.Key words: Non-traditional; Cardiovascular; Chronic Kidney DiseaseDOI: 10.3329/jom.v11i2.5450J MEDICINE 2010; 11 : 108-114

Highlights

  • Mortality rates are 10-20 times higher among patients with end-stage renal disease, compared with the general population, with 50% of this excess burden being attributable to cardiovascular disease.[1]

  • In haemodialysis patients the arterio-venous fistula punctured with an arteriovenous needle immediately before the start of haemodialysis. 1 ml EDTA blood used for complete blood count. 1.8ml (9 volumes) blood mixed with 0.2 ml sodium citrate (1 volume), centrifuged at 2000 g for 20 min

  • Our study documented a significant increase in several risk factors for cardiovascular disease among patients with chronic kidney disease and hemo-dialysis dependent patients

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Introduction

Mortality rates are 10-20 times higher among patients with end-stage renal disease, compared with the general population, with 50% of this excess burden being attributable to cardiovascular disease.[1]. Nontraditional risk factors e.g. hyperhomocysteinemia has been found more commonly than traditional risk factors in ESRD patients on haemodialysis and is contributing independently to excess incidence of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular outcomes.[4] much recent interest has focused on non –traditional risk factors, as promoters of atherosclerosis. Compared with general population mortality rates are 10-20 times higher among patients with end stage renal disease, with 50% of this excess burden being attributable to cardiovascular disease. This excess risk is not entirely explained by elevation of traditional risk factors. Elevation of several Non-traditional risk factors associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in CKD and haemodialysis dependent patients

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